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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) met on 19 April 2023, and sent the following Recommended Draft Policy to Last Call:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2022-5: Clean-up of NRPM Section 2.11</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>Feedback is encouraged during the Last Call period. All comments should be provided to the Public Policy Mailing List. Last Call will expire on 8 May 2023.</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>The Recommended Draft Policy text is below and available at:</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal><u><a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2022_5/">https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2022_5/</a></u></p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>The ARIN Policy Development Process is available at:</p><p class=MsoNormal><u><a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/">https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/</a></u></p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>Eddie Diego</p><p class=MsoNormal>Policy Analyst</p><p class=MsoNormal>American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2022-5: Clean-up of NRPM Section 2.11</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>AC Assessment of Conformance with the Principles of Internet Number Resource Policy:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2022-5 conforms to the principles of the ARIN Policy Development Process. This policy, if adopted, will add clarity to the text in Section 2.11 of the NRPM regarding community networks. It is fair, impartial, technically sound and has received support from the community.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Problem Statement:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This proposal continues the work that the ARIN AC NRPM Clean-up Working Group undertook to conduct an editorial review of the NRPM. It relates specifically to Section 2.11. The focus of this proposal is to ensure that the intended meaning of the text is clear.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Policy statement:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Change the text “A community network is deployed, operated and governed by its users” to “A community network is one that is deployed, operated and governed by its users” in the first line and change the text “to the user community it services” from “to the community it services” in the second line.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Timetable for implementation: Immediate</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Comments:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This proposal is intended to replace Prop-305 in part. Although the proposal was drafted in the course of an editorial review of Section 2.11, some of the changes proposed may not be considered purely editorial in nature and so this proposal is not being presented as strictly editorial.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>